This is a chronological directory of recent posts on my substack account.
November 8, 2023, “ The River” includes the poem of the same title and the poem “Recipe for Love.” I also included an audio clip of each of the poems and a link to an older post I updated with an audio clip https://rayzimmerman.substack.com/p/the-river.
November 6, 2023, “Times Geography,” includes text and a video clip of me reciting the poem. I also included the poem “Dream of the River,” and the poem “Coyoteland,” with an audio clip of me reading it.
There is also a stunning monochrome photo of the waterfall at Cloudland Canyon State Park
https://rayzimmerman.substack.com/p/times-geography.
November 2, 2023, “The Wendigo’s Way” includes three poems, “The Wendigo’s Way,” “Full Speed Ahead,” and “Rock.” It also includes a video with part of the poem “The Wendigo’s Way,” and a spooky picture of me. https://rayzimmerman.substack.com/p/the-wendigos-way.
October 31, 2023, “Happy Halloween” includes a video and three poems, “Moonbeam,” “Dance,” and “Reincarnation.” https://rayzimmerman.substack.com/p/happy-halloween.
October 27, 2023, “The Birds of Heaven” includes a review of Peter Matthiessen’s book of the same title, and my photo of Sandhill Cranes at Hiwassee Refuge https://rayzimmerman.substack.com/p/the-birds-of-heaven-a-review.
October 24, 2023, “Poems from the Avocet,” includes a photograph of a Mockingbird and four of my poems that were included in “The Weekly Avocet:” “Mockingbird,” “21st Century Inferno,” “Primal” and “Chicxulub Inferno” subtitled “Champy’s Story.” https://rayzimmerman.substack.com/p/poems-from-the-avocet.
October 19, 2023, “More Form Poems,” includes “Nature’s Decorum,” a cascade poem, “Hellbender,” a Pantoum, “Sonnet III,” and “Sonnet II – Social Distancing,” https://rayzimmerman.substack.com/p/more-form-poems.
October 18, 2023, “A Matter of Form” includes “Villanelle for the Didgeridoo,” “Vanishing Migrant,” a Pantoum, “Full Speed Ahead,” a poem in heroic couplets, and “Water,” a free verse poem https://rayzimmerman.substack.com/p/a-matter-of-form.
October 14, 2023, “Address to Cranes,” is a personal essay celebrating cranes and my response to their presence https://rayzimmerman.substack.com/p/an-address-to-cranes.
“Jeff Biggers, Spokesperson for Appalachia” is a literary essay about contemporary author, Jeff Biggers https://rayzimmerman.substack.com/p/jeff-biggers-spokesman-for-appalachia.
October 6, 2023, “2020 Fall Writing Workshop,” is a program announcement for the Chattanooga Writers’ Guild. I am the current president: https://rayzimmerman.substack.com/p/2023-fall-writing-workshop.
October 4, 2023, “Surprise Arrivals and Departures” is a chapter drawn from my Cape Cod Journal, the story of a year I spent on the Cape. It describes events from December 4, 1986
https://rayzimmerman.substack.com/p/surprise-arrivals-and-departures.
September 28, 2023, “Port Authority,” is a performance piece I presented years ago https://rayzimmerman.substack.com/p/port-authority.
September 26, 2023, “Bull Gator’s Lament” is also a performance piece written, performed and likely videotaped for YouTube by an audience member. https://rayzimmerman.substack.com/p/bull-gators-lament.
September 22, 2024, “Thirteen Ways to Smell a Tree” is a comment on a book by contemporary author, David George Haskell https://rayzimmerman.substack.com/p/thirteen-ways-to-smell-a-tree.
September 19, 2023, “Walking the Labyrinth” is a poem written after a walking meditation https://rayzimmerman.substack.com/p/walking-the-labyrinth.
September 14, 2023, “Writing the Natural World,” is a list of works I have enjoyed reading with brief comments on each https://rayzimmerman.substack.com/p/writing-the-natural-world.
September 12, 2024, “Primal” includes four poems, “Primal,” “21st. Century Inferno,” “The Remnants flee the Asteroid,” and “Mockingbird” https://rayzimmerman.substack.com/p/primal.
September 7, 2023, Postcard from Hiwassee Island is an essay written after observing the Sandhill Cranes at Hiwassee Refuge.
September 5, 2023, Annual Chincoteague Pony Roundup is an article about the wild ponies of Assateague Island, originally published by Cappers of Topeka, Kansas.
September 3, 2023, The Cabin on the Bluff is a short story that won an honorable mention in the Tennessee Mountain Writers’ 2023 contest.
November 8, 2023, “ The River” includes the poem of the same title and the poem “Recipe for Love.” I also included an audio clip of each of the poems and a link to an older post I updated with an audio clip https://rayzimmerman.substack.com/p/the-river.
November 6, 2023, “Times Geography,” includes text and a video clip of me reciting the poem. I also included the poem “Dream of the River,” and the poem “Coyoteland,” with an audio clip of me reading it.
There is also a stunning monochrome photo of the waterfall at Cloudland Canyon State Park
https://rayzimmerman.substack.com/p/times-geography.
November 2, 2023, “The Wendigo’s Way” includes three poems, “The Wendigo’s Way,” “Full Speed Ahead,” and “Rock.” It also includes a video with part of the poem “The Wendigo’s Way,” and a spooky picture of me. https://rayzimmerman.substack.com/p/the-wendigos-way.
October 31, 2023, “Happy Halloween” includes a video and three poems, “Moonbeam,” “Dance,” and “Reincarnation.” https://rayzimmerman.substack.com/p/happy-halloween.
October 27, 2023, “The Birds of Heaven” includes a review of Peter Matthiessen’s book of the same title, and my photo of Sandhill Cranes at Hiwassee Refuge https://rayzimmerman.substack.com/p/the-birds-of-heaven-a-review.
October 24, 2023, “Poems from the Avocet,” includes a photograph of a Mockingbird and four of my poems that were included in “The Weekly Avocet:” “Mockingbird,” “21st Century Inferno,” “Primal” and “Chicxulub Inferno” subtitled “Champy’s Story.” https://rayzimmerman.substack.com/p/poems-from-the-avocet.
October 19, 2023, “More Form Poems,” includes “Nature’s Decorum,” a cascade poem, “Hellbender,” a Pantoum, “Sonnet III,” and “Sonnet II – Social Distancing,” https://rayzimmerman.substack.com/p/more-form-poems.
October 18, 2023, “A Matter of Form” includes “Villanelle for the Didgeridoo,” “Vanishing Migrant,” a Pantoum, “Full Speed Ahead,” a poem in heroic couplets, and “Water,” a free verse poem https://rayzimmerman.substack.com/p/a-matter-of-form.
October 14, 2023, “Address to Cranes,” is a personal essay celebrating cranes and my response to their presence https://rayzimmerman.substack.com/p/an-address-to-cranes.
“Jeff Biggers, Spokesperson for Appalachia” is a literary essay about contemporary author, Jeff Biggers https://rayzimmerman.substack.com/p/jeff-biggers-spokesman-for-appalachia.
October 6, 2023, “2020 Fall Writing Workshop,” is a program announcement for the Chattanooga Writers’ Guild. I am the current president: https://rayzimmerman.substack.com/p/2023-fall-writing-workshop.
October 4, 2023, “Surprise Arrivals and Departures” is a chapter drawn from my Cape Cod Journal, the story of a year I spent on the Cape. It describes events from December 4, 1986
https://rayzimmerman.substack.com/p/surprise-arrivals-and-departures.
September 28, 2023, “Port Authority,” is a performance piece I presented years ago https://rayzimmerman.substack.com/p/port-authority.
September 26, 2023, “Bull Gator’s Lament” is also a performance piece written, performed and likely videotaped for YouTube by an audience member. https://rayzimmerman.substack.com/p/bull-gators-lament.
September 22, 2024, “Thirteen Ways to Smell a Tree” is a comment on a book by contemporary author, David George Haskell https://rayzimmerman.substack.com/p/thirteen-ways-to-smell-a-tree.
September 19, 2023, “Walking the Labyrinth” is a poem written after a walking meditation https://rayzimmerman.substack.com/p/walking-the-labyrinth.
September 14, 2023, “Writing the Natural World,” is a list of works I have enjoyed reading with brief comments on each https://rayzimmerman.substack.com/p/writing-the-natural-world.
September 12, 2024, “Primal” includes four poems, “Primal,” “21st. Century Inferno,” “The Remnants flee the Asteroid,” and “Mockingbird” https://rayzimmerman.substack.com/p/primal.
September 7, 2023, Postcard from Hiwassee Island is an essay written after observing the Sandhill Cranes at Hiwassee Refuge.
September 5, 2023, Annual Chincoteague Pony Roundup is an article about the wild ponies of Assateague Island, originally published by Cappers of Topeka, Kansas.
September 3, 2023, The Cabin on the Bluff is a short story that won an honorable mention in the Tennessee Mountain Writers’ 2023 contest.
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